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being the ITINERARY 

OF THE PILGRIMAGE OF 
BOSTON COMMANDERY 
KNIGHTS TEMPLARS stathned at 
BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTSroMf 

TWENTY-NINl H 

TRIENNIAL 

CONCLAVE 

OF THE GRAND ENCAMP 
MENT of KNIGHTS TEMPLAR 
OF THE UNITED STATES heldi?i 
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 

/>/ SEPTEMBER 1904 




to the 



Golden Gate 




THE LIBRARY OF 
CONGRESS. 

Two Copies Receive** 

SEP 3 1903 

Copyright Entry 
CLASS CL XXc. No 

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Copyright, 1903 

BY 

BOSTON COMMANDERY, KNIGHTS TEMPLARS 

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 






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TRANSCONTINENTAL 

EXCURSION 



Boston Commandery, 

Knights Templars 




Leaving Boston August 17, 1904, and visiting 

NIAGARA FALLS 
ST. PAUL 

MINNEAPOLIS 

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK 
PUGET SOUND 

TACOMA AND SEATTLE 
PORTLAND, OREGON 

THE MOUNT SHASTA REGION 
SACRAMENTO 

LOS ANGELES 

SANTA BARBARA 
PASO ROBLES 
SAN FRANCISCO (During the Conclave) MONTEREY 

SALT LAKE CITY SANTA CRUZ 

GLENWOOD SPRINGS SAN JOSE 

TENNESSEE PASS 

COLORADO SPRINGS 
MANITOU 

THE CRIPPLE CREEK MINING REGION 
THE GARDEN OF THE GODS 
DENVER 

KANSAS CITY 
ST. LOUIS AND ITS GREAT EXPOSITION, ETC. 

Going and Returning by Entirely Different Routes 



FROM THE GOLDEN DOME 



EXCURSION ARRANGEMENTS OF 

BOSTON COMMANDERY 

KNIGHTS TEMPLARS 



THE Triennial Conclave of the Grand Encamp- 
ment of Knights Templar of the United States 
will be lield in September, 1904, and the beautiful 
metropolis of the Pacific Coast has been chosen as the 
place of meeting. Every condition invites a large 
attendance from the Eastern and the Central sections 
of the country, as w^ell as from the Western Coast ; 
and a general gathering from all parts of our national 
domain is already assured. 

Boston Gommandery will make the interesting trip 
across the continent, — from the very verge of the 
Atlantic Coast to the edge of the Pacific, — under the 
most favorable auspices, one of the Raymond & 
VVhitcomb Company's elegant special vestibuled 

Pullman trains hav- 
ing been engaged 
and a route of un- 
excelled variety and 
interest selected for 
the long journey. 

Thus the best at- 
tainable accommo- 
dations are assured 
en route., while the incidental features, hotels, 
sleeping-cars, dining-cars, etc., will be such as to 
afford the greatest degree of comfort and luxury on 
the way, and in the numerous halts made at the 
incidental points of interest. 

While San Francisco, the gathering place of the 
Conclave, is, of course, made the objective point of 
the Pilgrimage, the excursion, by following entirely 
difierent routes going and returning and while on the 
Pacific Coast, will be made to include many of the 
grandest scenic attractions of the central sections of 
the continent, as well as on the great stretch of our 
western slope, — from Puget Sound to Los Angeles, 
nearly fifteen hundred miles, — independent of the two 




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grand ioarneys across the country, making altogether 
a picturesque tour of over ten thousand miles, and 
covering a w^ide extent of country. 

A long list of its chief scenic w^onders, among which 
should be mentioned Niagara Falls, the scenery along 
the Northern Pacific Railw^ay, all the points of interest 
in the Yellow^stone National Park, the Puget Sound 
country, the great cities and w^onderful forests w^hich 
border that beautiful expanse of water, the noble 
country bordering the Columbia, Willamette, Sacra- 
mento, San Joaquin and other great streams of the 
West and Northwest, the romantic Mount Shasta 
region, with its great central snow-clad peak, the more 
southern valleys of California, teeming with the har- 
vests of the year, the beautiful seacoast resorts of Cen- 
tral and Southern California, including Santa Barbara, 
Monterey and Santa Cruz, (the latter with its group 
of giant trees,) and much else of the Golden State 
before San Francisco is reached. 



The homeward trip 
takes in the Sierra 
Nevada by daylight, 
the great central basin, 
which reaches to the 
lofty mountain range 
of California, the heart 
of Mormondom, the 
great mountain ridges 
and canons of Colo- 
rado, the most pictu- 
resque resorts and min- 
ing sections of the 
Centennial State, and 
the plains of Kansas 
and Missouri. 

Incidentally all the 
large cities lying upon 
these routes will be 
seen, including not 
only the chief towns of 
the Pacific Coast and 
on the Atlantic Slope, 
but many in the 
intermediate stretches 
of country. 



by the 



central route 




FROM THE GOLDEN DOME 




Niagara Falls 



TO THE GOLDEN GATE 



In San Francisco, the Commandery will have its 
headquarters at the new and elegantly appointed 
hotel, the Saint Francis, the latest addition to the 
princely hostelries of the Pacific Coast, which is 
centrally and conveniently located near the main 
avenues of travel, and readily reached by numerous 
street-car lines. 

Through Massachusetts and New York State 

The early part of the journey will be over the 
Boston & Albany Railroad, which now forms an 
important part of the New York Central system. 




Entrance to the Berkshire Hills 



whose famous Four-Track Line makes the main route 
westward across the Empire State additionally safe 
for passenger traffic. 

Worcester, Springfield, Pittsfield and Albany will 
be passed through in the evening, and at later hours 
some of the large cities and towns of Central 
New York. 



FROM THE GOLDEN DOME 



Niagara Falls 

The ensuing morning at an early hour the train 
will reach Niagara Falls, where a halt will be made 
of sufficient duration to take in the main features of 
the Cataract, breakfast being taken at the International 
Hotel, which is only a few steps from the river. 
Prospect Park Reservation, Goat Island Bridge, etc. 



The Twin Cities and Westward 

Continuing over the westward route, a large part 
of the Middle West will be seen before Chicago is 
reached, and without tarrying in the western metropo- 
lis there will be a direct transit by an expeditious 
line to the twin cities of Minnesota — St. Paul 
and Minneapolis — where a day will be passed. 

In going 
westward 
through 
Minnesota, 
North Da- 
k o t a and 
Montana to 
that land of 
marvels, 
theYellow- 
stone Na- 
tionalPark, 
and beyond 
to the mag- 
ical cities of 
the Pacific 
Northwest, 
T a c o m a 
andSeattle, 
the party 
will travel 
over the 
picturesque 
route of the 
North e rn 
Pacific 
Along the Mississippi Railway, 




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Falls of St. Anthony, Minneapolis 

which crosses the continent from the Great Lakes 
to the Pacific shore at Puget Sound. This road 
reaches not only America's Wonderland, lying at the 
summit of the Rocky Mountains, and the great towns 
ahout Puget Sound and southward, but a vast stretch 

of our Western 
.ind Northwest- 
ern Territory, 
which has fol- 
lowed the Lou- 
isiana Purchase 
in the past cen- 
tury, and now 
forms one of the 
richest sections 
of our national 
(lomnin. 





Fishing in the Yellowstone River 



FROM THE GOLDEN DOME 




TO THE GOLDEN GATE 




The Fountain Geyser 

Through the Yellowstone National Park 

A week will be passed in the Yellowstone National 
Park ; going in at 
Gardiner, over 
the Park Branch, 
extending from 
Livingston, Mon- 
tana, alltheplaces 
of resort will be 
visited, including 
Mammoth Hot 
Springs, Norris 
Geyser Basin, 
the Lower, Mid- ^^ 
way and Upper - -^--v. _ 

Pompey's Pillar 







FROM thp: golden dome 




Mammoth Paint Pots 

Geyser Basins, the Continental Divide, Yellowstone 
Lake and Yellowstone Caiion. 

At all these 
points, except at 
the Continental 
Divide and the 
Midway, Upper 
and Norris Bas- 
ins, there are 
large and com- 
fortable hotels, 
where good ac- 
commodations 
are furnished, 
and the other 
points of interest 
are conveniently- 
seen on the vc<j^u- 
lar routes 
which 
cover the , 
wide ex- [^ 
t|e n t;|o f 

the Park ^ Ca.tlcGeyTer 




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Golden Gate, Yellowstone National Park 

domain, or in easily traversed side excursions. It 
will be noted that more than the customary time 
for the round of the Park is taken, an extra day being 
assigned to thq, Caiion of the Yellowstone, the great 
central feature of the region, and that all the marvels 
of the Park are included in the grand round. This 
opportunity to make a thorough exploration of the 
Yellowstone region will constitute one of the great 
features of the excursion. 



The State of Washington, with Tacoma and Seattle 

Emerging from the Park 
via Gardiner and Living- 
ston, and regaining the 
main line of the Northern 
Pacific at the latter point, 
the party will continue 
westward, crossing the 
Rocky Mountain divide 
again in Western Mon- 
tana. Continuing thence 




14 FROM THE GOLDEN DOME 

through the picturesque scenery of Idaho and the 
State of Washington, crossing the Columbia River, 
threading the rich valley of the Yakima, and passing 
through the romantic Cascade range, with the lofty 
Mount Rainier (1/^,526 feet in altitude), and other 
tall peaks near at hand. 

Oregon, and Portland, its Chief City 

A day will be passed at Tacoma and Seattle, and 
the special train will then speed on to Oregon's chief 
city, Portland, where a day's halt will be sufficient to 
give glimpses of all the main points of interest. 

The Picturesque Mount Shasta Route 

Leaving the beautiful city of Portland, with its 
matchless vistas of high mountains, the train will turn 
southward toward California, over the picturesque 




Mount Shasta 

Mount Shasta route, passing up the beautiful Wil- 
lamette Valley and the valley of the Rogue River, 
across the Siskiyou Mountains, and thence through 
the Mount Shasta region, with the lofty peak of that 
name (14,333 feet in height), only a few miles 
distant. Down the romantic valley of the Upper 
Sacramento to the lower and broader stretches of that 
great stream which continues southward through the 
vast wheat-raising fields of the Golden State to San 
Francisco Bay. 



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This import- 
ant valley, 
matched on 
the south by 
the broad val- 
,- ley of the San 

Joaquin, sub- 
sequently to be 
traversed, em- 
braces the 
marvelous 
wheat section 
of California, 
andisfollowed 
from its source almost to its mouth on this journey. 








Sacramento, the Capital of California 

At Sacramento, the handsome capital of the State, 
with its noble domed capitol building, the party will 
stop for breakfast, and on the journey eastward from 
San Francisco, after the Conclave, a second and more 
prolonged visit will be made before crossing the 
Sierra Nevada by dayliglit. 



The San Joaquin Valley and Los Angeles 



The jour- 
ney up the 
San Joa- 
quin Valley 
will be 
broken at 
Tracy for 
luncheon 
and at Fres- 
no for din- 
ner. The 
latter place 
is in the cen- 
ter of the 
great raisin 
section of 
the State. 




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FROM THE GOLDEN DOME 



Los Angeles, '' 
the chief city 
of Southern 
C a 1 i f o r n i a , 
will be reach- 
ed the next 
morning, and 
the special 
Pullman train 
will here be 
side-tracked 
until night, 
allowing pas- 
sengers to in- 
spect the en- 
terprising city 
and its pretty 
surroundings, 
which are 
yearly the win- 
ter 'home of 
thousands 
of Eastern 
people. 

Santa Barbara, 
Paso Robles, 
Monterey, 
Santa Cruz 
and San Jose 

After the day's 
visit to the 
beautiful and 
bustling me- 
tropolis of the 
South, the 
party will de- 
part over the 
romantic 
Coast Divi- 
sion for Santa I 
Barbara, Mon- 
terey and the 




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17 



other tourist resorts lying along the new shore line of 
the Southern Pacific Road on the way to San Francisco. 

The return northward to the central section of the 
great State, which altogether will be traversed for 
nearly sixteen hundred miles, will be by an entirely 
different route from that taken on the southward trip. 
Thus a large share of California will be seen, includ- 
ing the most fruitful portion of the State and its 
famous localities, made memorable in the early strug- 
gles for gold and during a subsequent eventful histor}-. 

A halt of over half a day will be made at Santa 
Barbara, with meals at the new and elegant hotel, 
The Potter, and a carriage drive to the ancient Mis- 
sion and the other points of interest. 

After passing through the Santa Inez Mountains, 
San Luis Obispo and other important cities and towns 
are seen, and at Paso Robles, where are important 
health-giving springs, another stop of several hours 
will be made for dinner. 

The next stopping-place will be the famous Hotel 
del Monte, at Monterey, one of the most celebrated 
health and pleasure resorts on the Pacific Coast. 

After half a day here, the train will be off for 
Santa Cruz, a lovely coast resort at the other 
extremity of Monterey Bay, w^here a visit will be 
made to the famous " Big Trees" and other points 
ot interest. 

Leaving Santa 
Cruz there will be 
a night journey to 
San Jose, a hand- 
some and thriving 
city in the 
Santa Clara 
Valley, and 
the further 
journey to 
San Fran- 
cisco will 
take the 
party along 
an interest- 
ing coast 
region. 




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FROM THE GOLDEN DOME 




The Golden Gate 



San Francisco and the Conclave 



On the arrival of the Commandery in San Fran- 
cisco in the early afternoon of Monday, September 5, 
the ladies w^ill be transferred to the new^ and elegant 
St. Francis Hotel, where headquarters will be main- 
tained during the three days of the Conclave, Tues- 
day, Wednesday and Thursday, September 6, 7 and 
8, and until the afternoon of Friday, September 9. 

The Commandery having accepted the escort of 
California Commandery, No. i. Knights Templars, 
will march to the hotel in full Templar uniform. 

This hotel, the latest addition to the stylish and 
fashionable hostelries of the Pacific Coast, where 
magnificent places of public entertainment and abode 
are the rule and not the exception, is centrally situ- 
ated, easy of access from all sections of the city by 
numerous street car lines of electric and cable cars, 
and in proximity to the main avenues of travel. 

The hospitality of the San Francisco brethren is 
proverbial, and a long list of festivities is planned in 
connection with the Conclave. The headquarters of 
the Commanderies of San Francisco are near the St. 
Francis, and those of the various Eastern, Southern 



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19 



and Western States will also be in convenient locali- 
ties, while the various points of interest in the city 
are as readily reached. 

The grand parade of Knights Templars will be 
held Tuesday, September 6, and is expected to be 
one of the most brilliant pageants ever witnessed in 
this country. 

Boston Commandery will be in the lines, headed 
by Carter's Band. 





Cliff House, San Francisco 



Orders for the assembling of the Commandery will 
be posted at headquarters, Monday, September 5, 
specifying the time of the parade. 

Suitable provision will be made for the ladies 
accompanying the Commandery to view the parade. 

Wednesday evening, September 7, from 8 to 1 1 
o'clock, a Reception will be given by the Command- 
ery, assisted by the ladies, at our headquarters at the 
St. Francis. This Reception is intended for the 
Fraters and ladies of San Francisco and all visiting 
Sir Knights and their ladies. 



FROM THE GOLDEN DOME 



Departure for the East 

In the afternoon of Friday, September 9, the Com- 
mandery will take its departure from San Francisco, 
proceeding across the bay by ferry to Oakland Pier, 
and there resuming places in the special Pullman 
vestibuled train. 

Crossing the Strait of Carquinez, between Port 
Costa and Benicia, on the world's largest ferry-boat, 
the train will proceed thence to Sacramento, there 
halting for the evening. Meanwhile dinner will be 
furnished at the Golden Eagle Hotel, and time will 
be had foi extensive glimpses of the beautiful capital 
city of California. 




Echo Cliffs, Grand River Canon 



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Second Tunnel, Grand River Canon 



Crossing the Sierra by Daylight 

The railway journey from Sacramento to the Sierra 
Nevada will be made at night, and all the points of 
interest along the route, including Cape Horn, Blue 
Caiion, the elevated views of the American River, 
the Summit, the elevated lakes near the railway line, 
Truckee, etc., will be reached in daylight, as will 
also the large towns and Indian country lying in 
Western Nevada and alonof the Humboldt River. 



In the Heart of Mormondom 



Advancing through the States of Nevada and Utah, 
Ogden, in the latter, will be reached in the morning 



FROM THE GOLDEN DOME 




Mormon Temple and Tabernacle, Salt Lake City 

and Salt Lake City, the headquarters of the Church 
of Latter Day Saints and capital of the State, soon 
after. 

Half a day will be passed here, breakfast and 
luncheon being served at The Knutsford, while the 
train remains side-tracked at the Denver & Rio 
Grande station. The Tabernacle, Temple, residence 
of the late Brigham Young, Tithing House, Amelia 
Palace, Brigham Young's grave, etc., are a short 
distance from The Knutsford. 



Through Colorado 

Returning to the train, the route will be continued 
eastward, passing through Provo and other flourish- 
ing Mormon towns, passing Utah Lake and over the 
Wahsatch Mountains at Soldier Summit. 

The Colorado line is crossed west of Grand Junc- 
tion, and the first halt is made within the State at 
Glenwood Springs for breakfast. 



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23 



Later the train passes through the picturesque 
Eagle River Caiion and over the main chain of the 
Rocky Mountains at Tennessee Pass above Leadville, 
thence following down beside the Arkansas River to 
Salida, Canon City and Pueblo. Colorado Springs 
will be reached in time for breakfast at The Antlers. 



Side Excursion to the Cripple Creek Mining Region 

The greater part of the day will be devoted to an 
intensely interesting trip over one of the grandest 
scenic routes in Colorado. The cars leave Colorado 
Springs, and ascending the mountains to the famed 
Cripple Creek mining region, pass through the most 
celebrated localities of the gold producing region, 
and a district that has within a few years enriched 
the country's wealth many millions of dollars. 




The Cripple Creek Gold Camp, Colorado 
Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek Short Line 



24 



FROM THE GOLDEN DOME 




St. Peter's Dome, Colorado 
Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek Short Line 



The scenery viewed from the moving train com- 
prises some of the boldest and most striking features 
of the high Rockies, and it is at all times of the most 
captivating character. 

Populous cities with hotels, opera houses and the 
costly modern improvements have arisen like magic, 
and the holes in the earth from which these riches have 
flown are seen on every hand, while far away are 
seen other high points and far-stretching plains, 
reaching to the fruitful fields of Eastern Colorado and 
Kansas. 

The near views of Colorado Springs and its neigh- 
borhood show those places as if spread out on a map. 

Returning to Manitou, a night and a day will be 
spent at that celebrated resort, which lies at the base 
of Pike's Peak and contiguous to the " Garden of the 
Gods." 

A carriage drive through the "Garden," with all 
its strange and fantastic objects and magnificent views 



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of Pike's Peak, and to other near points of Interest 
will be a feature of the visit to Manitou. 



Denver 

Denver, the handsome capital of the Centennial 
State, w^ill be the 
next objective 
point, and 
afternoon w^ill 
serve to show the 
principal build- 
ings and match- 
less views of the 
mountains com- 
manded by every 
elevated point in 
that city. 




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Mount of the Holy Cross 

Across Kansas and Missouri 

Leaving Denver, our train will make its way across 
Eastern Colorado and diagonally across the State of 
Kansas, reaching Kansas City, at the junction of the 
Missouri and Kansas rivers, the succeeding afternoon. 



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FROM THE GOLDEN DOME 



A night journey will take the party across the State 
of Missouri from Kansas City to St. Louis, where the 
special train will be side-tracked at the Union Station 
for the ensuing day and evening. 

The Great St. Louis Exposition 

The great Exposition in commemoration of the 
Louisiana Purchase, and of the memorable journey 
across the country of those intrepid explorers, Lewis 
and Clark, whose route in the main has been taken by 
Boston Commandery in its grand Pilgrimage to the 
Pacific Coast, will be in progress at the time of our 
visit, and chance will be aftbrded to see much of the 
world's latest and greatest art and industrial display. 

The transit can easily be made from the cars to the 
Exhibition grounds, and as our special train will not 
depart until a late evening hour, there will be left 
some time to enjoy the pageantry of the novel night 
festivities, which are to be carried out on a scale of 
unexampled magnificence and brilliancy. 

Something more can be gained than a mere glance 
at the vast display of the nations during the day, and 
the evening will gloriously supplement the grand 
general exhibit, which is confidently expected to sur- 
pass all previous undertakings of the kind. 

From St. Louis Homeward 

The visit to the St. Louis Exposition will form 
culminating feature of this remarkable Pilgrimage, 
the two remaining days ^\ 

will be 

concluding part 
journey through 
New York and 
chusetts. 

The train will be due in 
Boston, at the South Sta- 
tion, at 4.00 P.M., Sun- 
day, September iS. 

The movements of the 
party from day to day will 
be in accordance with the 
following 



the 
and 



remaming days 
devoted to the 

of the 
Ohio, 

Massa- 



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27 



ITINERARY 

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17 

Leave Boston, from the South Station, via the 
Boston & Albany Raih-oad (New York Central 
& Hudson River Railroad Company, lessee), at 
2.00 P.M. in a special train of elegant vestibuled 
Pullman cars. Dinner at Springfield. 
Tags will be supplied with each ticket, and these, 
with the name and home address plainly inscribed 
thereon, should be attached to every trunk, valise 
or other piece of baggage, to serve as a ready- 
means of identification. 




The Narrows, Dell of Wisconsin River (Near Kilbouru) 

THURSDAY, AUGUST 18 

Arrive at Niagara Falls 5.00 a.m. ; the train will 
be side-tracked, and breakfast served at the Inter- 
national Hotel. Leave Niagara Falls at 10.00 a.m. 
(Eastern time). Meals g;? route in dining cars. 

FRIDAY, AUGUST 19 

Breakfast en route; arrive at St. Paul 1.30 p.m. ; 
luncheon in station dining rooms ; leave St. Paul 
4.30 P.M. ; arrive in Minneapolis 5.00 p.m. ; din- 
ner at Hotel West; leave Minneapolis 8.00 p.m. 



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FROM THE GOLDEN DOME 



SATURDAY, AUGUST 20 

En route westward via the Northern Pacific 
Railway ; meals in dining cars. 




SUNDAY, AUGUST 21 

Arrive at Gardiner, Montana, 7.00 a.m. ; breakfast 
in dining cars; stage thence to Mammoth Hot 
Springs arriving there at 10.30 a.m. 



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29 



MONDAY, AUGUST 22 

Leave Mammoth Hot Springs by stage at S.ooa.m. 
for the tour through the Yellowstone National 
Park; arrive at Norris Geyser Basin at 12.00 
noon; luncheon there, and leave at 1.30 p.m. ; 
arrive at tlie Fountain Hotel, Lower Geyser Basin, 
at 5.30 P.M. 

The Fountain Geyser and Mammoth Paint Pots are 
only a short distance from the Fountain Hotel. 

TUESDAY, AUGUST 23 

Leave the Fountain Hotel at S.oo a.m. for the 
Upper Geyser Basin, visiting en route the Mid- 
way Geyser Basin, which contains the Excelsior 
Geyser (^'Hell's Half Acre"), the Turquoise 
Spring, and Prismatic Lake ; arrive at 10.30 a.m. 
at the Upper Geyser Basin ; here are situated 
"Old Faithful," the "Bee Hive," the "Giant- 
ess," the " Castle," and other great geysers. 

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24 

Leave Upper Geyser Basin in the morning and 
proceed over the Continental Divide to the Yellow- 
stone Lake Hotel ; luncheon^;/ route; arrive at 
the Lake Hotel in the afternoon. 

THURSDAY, AUGUST 25 

Leave Yellowstone Lake Hotel at S.30 a.m. for 
the Yellowstone Caiion Hotel, visiting the Mud 
Volcano en route ; arrive at the Caiion Hotel at 
1 1.30 A.M. 

FRIDAY, AUGUST 26 

At the Yellowstone Caiion. 




30 



FROM THE GOLDEN DOME 



SATURDAY, AUGUST 27 

Nous Geyser Basin at 11.30 a.m.; luncheon 
theie and leave at 12.30 noon ; arrive at Mammoth 
Hot Springs Hotel at 4.00 p.m. ; dinner there and 
leave at 6.45 p.m. in coaches for Gardiner, arriv- 
l^U r /'S^'n •^•' ''''^ resuming places in the ves- 
tibuled Pullman train; leave Gardiner at 8.1^ 
p.m. for Tacoma and Portland. 

SUNDAY, AUGUST 28 

Bn route westward on the Northern Pacific Rail- 
way. Meals at dining stations or in dining cars. 




Mt. Rainier, from Puget Sound 

MONDAY, AUGUST 29 

Arrive at Tacoma at 6.00 a.m. The train will 
be side-tracked and meals will be furnished at the 
Hotel Tacoma. Seattle may be visited during 
the day. The train will leave Tacoma at o.oS 
p.m. -^ 



TO THE GOLDEN GATE 



TUESDAY, AUGUST 30. 

Arrive in Portland at 7.00 a.m. ; the train will be 
side-tracked during the day, and meals will be fur- 
nished at The Portland ; leave Portland at 6.00 p.m. 

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31 

En route southward via the Mount Shasta route 
through the valleys of the Rogue and Umpqua 
rivers and over the Siskiyou Mountains ; meals at 
dining stations. 

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 

Arrive at Sacramento at 7.00 a.m. ; breakfast at 
the Golden Eagle Hotel : leave Sacramento at 
9.00 a.m. ; luncheon at Tracy and dinner at Fresno 
arriving at the latter place at 6 00 p.m. Fresno 
is in the heart of the great raisin growing section 
of California. 



FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 

Arrive at Los Angeles at 6.00 a.m. ; the train 
will be side-tracked and meals will be furnished 
at the Hotel Van Nuys. The train will leave Los 
Angeles at 12.00 midnight. 



SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 

Arrive at Santa Barbara at 
7.00 A.M. The train will 
be side-tracked and both 
breakfast and luncheon will 
be furnished at the new and 
elegant hotel, The Potter. 
In the course of the stay 
here there will be a carriage 
drive to the old Mission, and 
to the other points of inter- 
est in and about the city. 
Leave Santa Barbara at 
2.00 P.M., and pass through 
the Coast Range and over 
the Coast Division of the 
Southern Pacific Line; 
arrive at Paso Robles at 




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33 



7.00 P.M. ; dine at the Hotel El Paso de Robles, 
and leave there at 11.00 p.m. 



SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 

Arrive at Del Monte station, Montere}-, 7.00 a.m. ; 
breakfast and luncheon at the Hotel del Monte ; 
leave at i.oo p.m., and arrive at Santa Cruz at 
3.00 p.m ; visit the "• Big Trees," dine at the Sea 
Beach Hotel, and leave Santa Cruz at 12.00 

MIDNIGHT. 




The Old Mission, Santa Barbara 

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 

Arrive at San Jose at an early hour ; breakfast at 
the Hotel Vendome ; leave San Jose at 10.30 
A.M. ; arrive in San Francisco at i .00 p.m. ; trans- 
fer to the St. Francis Hotel. 



TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 

In San Francisco. Grand 
Templars. 



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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 



I In San Francisco. ^^ 




FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 

In San Francisco. Leave San Francisco at 2.30 
P.M. by ferry for Oakland Pier, and there resume 
special Pullman train ; arrive at Sacramento 6.30 
P.M. ; dinner at the Golden Eagle Hotel ; leave 
Sacramento at 1 1 .00 p.m. 



SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 

Pass over the Sierra Nevada by daylight, 
thence eastward through Nevada and Utah. 



and 



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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 1 

Arrive at Salt Lake City at 7.00 a.m. ; the train 
will be side-tracked and both breakfast and 
luncheon will be served at The Knutsford ; leave 
Salt Lake City at 3.00 p.m. ; dinner at Helper. 




Saltair Pavilion, Great Salt Lake 

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 

Breakfast at Glenwood Springs ; proceeding from 
Glenwood Springs eastward, pass through Eagle 
River Caiion and over the Tennessee Pass ; lunch- 
eon and dinner en route. 



TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 

Arrive at Colorado Springs at 7.00 a.m. ; break- 
fast at The Antlers; leave Colorado Springs at 
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Castle Gate 

great scenic route to the Cripple Creek mining 
region ; trolley ride there and luncheon at the 
Hotel National ; returning reach Manitou at 4.00 
P.M. ; dinner at the Cliff House. 
During the stay at jManitou there will be a car- 
riage drive, with visits to the "Garden of the Gods" 
and other points of interest. 

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 

Breakfcist and luncheon at the Cliff House ; leave 
Manitou at i p.m. ; arrive at Denver at 3.30 p.m. ; 
dinner there ; leave Denver at 8. 30 p.m. 



THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 

En route through Colorado and Kansas ; meals 
in dining cars ; arrive in Kansas City at 4.00 p.m 



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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 

Arrive in St. Louis at 6.30 a.m. The train will 
be side-tracked during the stay here; leave St. 
Louis at 1 1 p M. 

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 

En route eastw^ard. 

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 

Arrive in Boston (South Station) at 4.00 p.m. 



The total cost of this Pilgrimage, including all 
traveling and sight-seeing expenses, sleeping car 
accommodations, side trips, meals and board at hotels, 
dining stations, or in dining cars(excepting lunch and 
dinner at St. Louis), conductors' services, transfer of 
baggage, and in fact all expenses as per above Itiner- 
ary from the time of leaving until the return to Boston, 
including board and rooms at San Francisco, will be 
Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00). 

The arrangements provide for only one person to a 
berth on the sleeping cars and two persons in a room 
at the hotel at San Francisco. 

Each member of the party is entitled to one hundred 

(100) pounds of baggage, every piece of which must 
be plainly marked on special tags provided for that 

purpose. Trunks will be accessible on arrival at 
Yellowstone National Park. 

Grips and light bag- .- ^'"'-- 

gage may be left in the 

cars during the short side 

trips and while sight see- 
ing on the way out and 

back, but must be re- 
moved from the cars at ^ 

San Francisco. r 

We do not change cars ^/' 

during the trip (except- p 

ing for the side trips) and - 

you will return to Boston J 

in the same assignment ' 

as that in which you ,^v, 

departed* y 




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Should any desire to remain at St. Louis longer 
than the time designated, the railway ticket may be 
extended upon application to the conductor and 
together with the meal tickets will be accepted on 
regidar trains. 

In order to use the time allotted to the St. Louis 
Exposition to the best advantage, wheel chairs may 
be obtained on the grounds at a slight additional 
expense and will be found to be of great assistance. 

As the weather in the Yellowstone National Park 
is apt to be cool at all seasons of the year, it is sug- 
gested that you provide yourselves with heavy wraps 
for use while in the Park. 

Carter's Boston Commandery Band of twenty- five 
pieces will accompany the Commandery, which insures 
good music during the entire trip. 

Sir Knights will be expected to provide themselves 
with fatigue uniform to be worn during the Pilgrim- 
age, excepting when on parades, when the full Tem- 
plar Regalia of Boston Commandery, Knights 
Templars, will be worn. 

Members intending to participate in this Pilgrim- 
age are requested to signify their intention so to do 
on or before Tuesday, September i, 1903, as the com- 
mittee are obliged to make certain additional guar- 
antees as to numbers at that time. 

Should any vacancies exist on that date members 
of Boston Commandery desiring Sir Knights of Sister 
Commanderies to accompany them may send their 
names to the Eminent Commander for the acceptance 
of the committee, togetlier with a deposit of Fifty 
Dollars ($50) for each ticket, which deposit will be 
returned if the Sir Knight's name is not accepted by 
the committee. 

It is understood that the same regulations govern all 
Sir Knights whether or not members of Boston Com- 
mandery, as to the black regalia with silver trimmings 
and black plume. 

Those who signify their intention of attending this 
Pilgrimage will be notified of special drills which 
will be held during the } ear to perfect the Sir Knights 
in Templar Tactics. 



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It is expected that all so notified will attend, as the 
reputation of Boston Commandery will depend upon 
the individual appearance of each Sir Knight in line. 

This Itinerary takes the place of the one issued on 
February 7, 1902, the excursions to Southern Cali- 
fornia, Cripple Creek and the St. Louis Exposition 
having been added at an additional expense of only 
Five Dollars ($5.00). 

Members of Boston Commandery intending to join 
in this Pilgrimage must make a deposit of Twenty-five 
Dollars ($25.00) with the Treasurer of the Pil- 
grimage, 

Em. Sir Henry H. Litchfield, 
175 Tremont Street, 
Boston, Mass., 
for each ticket desired. 

This deposit will insure registration and the balance 
must be paid on or before Monday, May 2, 1904. 



For the Committee : 



RINALDO B. RICHARDSON, 

Chair?nan. 




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